DISMEMBERS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

dismembers

verb

present tense third-person singular of dismember

as in disrupts

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump

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as in dismantles

to take apart dismembered the stage settings after the last performance

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Recent Examples of dismembers Jason thus dismembers Cassidy’s corpse, wraps his bits up in tin foil, and stores them away in the freezer. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026 The push, pull and discovery of these motives morph into a violent blowout that ultimately dismembers their existing familial foundation. — Sibani Ram, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

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Haidt argues that social media disrupts kids’ social and neurological development, contributing to rising anxiety and depression through sleep loss, fragmented attention, addiction, loneliness, social comparison and perfectionism.

— Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Washingtonâ€™s policy â€œis more about visibility and narrativeâ€¦ than one that genuinely disrupts organized crime,â€� an expert told The Wall Street Journal.

— Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of disrupts

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Assembly Bill 2555 dismantles and streamlines an aging system that some researchers said kept far too many students classified as English learners months or even years after mastering the language.

— Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The spiritual fact of our completeness in God dismantles the cycle and opens the door to renewal.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismantles

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A lot of the time, Deadline first exclusively breaks news that disperses to other outlets and, eventually, social media.

— The Deadline Team, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Tommy breaks them out by using Vision as a battering ram, but Paladin is waiting outside to blast Vision with a shotgun full of adamantium rounds.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

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Nepali officials have said the floods were likely unleashed by a glacial collapse, which is when a large piece of ice, rock and debris suddenly detaches from a glacier on a mountain.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of detaches

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As grief turns to accusation, Warmooge’s mother refuses burial without justice, and the village fractures under the weight of uncertainty and pressure to resolve the truth.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.

— Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fractures

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While some companies attribute layoffs to AI, the technology primarily disassembles jobs by automating repetitive tasks, allowing employees to focus on complex work.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Apple has also developed its own robot called Daisy that disassembles iPhones to recover materials that traditional recycling often misses.

— Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of disassembles

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Unlike a measurement that absorbs or destroys the photons, this method can extract information while preserving the photons themselves.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Raking or shredding those leaves destroys the next generation.

— Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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